XI International Mycological Congress: report of Congress action on nomenclature proposals relating to fungi
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XI International Mycological Congress: report of Congress action on nomenclature proposals relating to fungi Tom W. May1, Scott A. Redhead2, Lorenzo Lombard3, and Amy Y. Rossman4 1
Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria, Birdwood Avenue, Melbourne, VIC 3004, Australia; corresponding author e-mail: [email protected] Ottawa Research and Development Centre, Science and Technology Branch, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 960 Carling Avenue, K.W. Neatby Building, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0C6, Canada
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Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute, Uppsalalaan 8, 3584 CT Utrecht, The Netherlands Department of Botany & Plant Pathology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97333, USA
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Abstract: Procedures, appointments and outcomes of the Fungal Nomenclature Session (FNS) of the 11th International Mycological Congress (IMC11) are summarized, including the composition of the Fungal Nomenclature Bureau and the Nominating Committee of the IMC. Nearly 150 mycologists attended the FNS, at which formal proposals to amend Chapter F of the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants (ICN) were debated. The 18 proposals considered included 10 “from the floor”. Four proposals were withdrawn, two were sent to the Editorial Committee, five were sent to two Special-purpose Committees, four were rejected, and three were accepted (concerning: using the identifier in place of the author citation; mis-citation of identifiers; and indication of sanctioning). Proposals to amend Division III of the ICN were deemed out of scope of the FNS because they did not relate to Chapter F. The two Special-purpose Committees authorized were: “DNA Sequences as Types for Fungi” and “Names of Fungi with the Same Epithet”. Appointments made by the FNS included the Secretary of the Fungal Nomenclature Bureau for IMC12, and officers and members of the Permanent Nomenclature Committee for Fungi. Decisions and appointments of the FNS were ratified in a resolution accepted by the plenary session of the Congress. Key words: Code, governance, Fungal Nomenclature Bureau, Fungal Nomenclature Session, ICN, Nomenclature Committee for Fungi. Special-purpose Committee. Article info: Received 25 October 2018; Accepted 28 October 2018; Published 9 November 2018.
INTRODUCTION Following changes to the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants (ICN; Turland et al. 2018) at the XIX International Botanical Congress (IBC) in Shenzhen, July 2017, provisions of the ICN that dealt solely with names of organisms treated as fungi were separated into a new section of the ICN, “Chapter F” (Hawksworth et al. 2017). In addition, it was agreed that future changes proposed to Chapter F would be dealt with by the Fungal Nomenclature Session of an International Mycological Congress (IMC) rather than the Nomenclature Section of an IBC. Procedures for introducing proposals to Chapter F were outlined by Hawksworth et al. (2017); proposals were published (Hawksworth 2018); a Synopsis of these proposals was presented (May & Redhead 2018); and a pre-Congre
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